Clothing and laundry · Metro area · Minnesota
Laundromats in the Rochester, MN metro area
How the Rochester, MN metro area compares with other metro areas and the U.S. for laundromats: competitors, household spending, official counts and growth.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 80 out of 100: High
Ranked #18 of 364 scored metro areas
#2 of 5 scored metro areas based in Minnesota
- Listings
- 8
- 1 chain location (13%)
- Official establishments
- n/a
- Fewer than 3, or not published
- Household spending a year
- $206.2M
- On clothing, shoes and related services · $2,221 a household
- Spending per listing
- $25.8M
- 2.1 times the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 0.9
- 44% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 231,184
- +2.0% since 2020
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What this means
For laundromats, the Rochester metro area has a Groundwork market score of 80 (high): #18 of 364 scored metro areas and #2 of 5 scored metro areas based in Minnesota. That puts it in the top 10% of metro areas for laundromats.
Household spending on clothing, shoes and related services in the Rochester metro area comes to about $206.2M a year: $2,221 per household, 8% above the U.S. average. That is about $25.8M of household spending for each laundromat on map listings, 2.1 times the U.S. figure of $12.5M. The spending figure covers all clothing, shoes and related services, not only laundromats.
There are 8 laundromats on map listings in the Rochester metro area as of September 2026. One of them (13%) is a chain location, against 19% across the U.S. That comes to 0.9 for every 10,000 households, 44% below the U.S. rate of 1.6.
Official counts don’t publish a figure for coin-operated laundries in the Rochester metro area, since they leave out counts under 3. Since fiscal 2022, 1 SBA-backed loan worth $260K has gone to businesses classed as coin-operated laundries in the Rochester metro area. Population estimates put the population change in the Rochester metro area from 2020 to 2025 at +2.0%, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%).
How the Rochester metro area compares
The same measures for Minnesota and the whole U.S. Spending per listing divides a year of household spending on all clothing, shoes and related services by the laundromats counted, so it measures the demand for each competitor, not any business’s revenue. Households per establishment does the same with the official count.
| Measure | Rochester metro area | Minnesota | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 0.9 | 1.4 | 1.6 |
| Spending per listing | $25.8M | $16M | $12.5M |
| Households per official establishment | n/a | 23,793 | 11,865 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +9.0% | +3.0% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +2.0% | +2.1% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on clothing, shoes and related services | $2,221 | $2,183 | $2,055 |
| Median household income | $91,882 | $89,062 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 80 | 73 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- n/a
- Employees, 2023
- n/a
- Annual payroll, 2023
- n/a
- One-person businesses, 2023
- Not publishedNot published for this business type
- Map listings, September 2026
- 81 chain location
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 17The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here
SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022
- Loans
- 1
- Amount
- $260K
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as coin-operated laundries in the Rochester metro area, through June 2026, placed by the borrower’s ZIP code. Official establishments are businesses with payroll; the official counts leave out places with fewer than 3.
Population and households in the Rochester metro area
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 231,184+2.0% since 2020
- Households
- 92,880
- Median age
- 39.9
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 74%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.9
- Land area
- 2,477 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 92
- Median household income
- $91,882+24.7% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $124,471
- Median home value
- $306,500
- Jobs located here
- 129,873
- Daytime population
- 235,233Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Every Minnesota market ranked →The highest-scoring metro areas in Minnesota for laundromats, numbered among those based in Minnesota (a market based in another state is listed without a number), with the Rochester metro area marked.
Top metro areas in Minnesota
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fargo, ND-MN | 87 | 10 | 0.9 | $22.2M | +7.7% | #3 of 364 |
| Sioux Falls, SD-MN | 83 | 16 | 1.3 | $15.7M | +9.5% | #11 of 364 |
| 1Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI | 82 | 162 | 1.1 | $21.2M | +2.6% | #13 of 364 |
| 2Rochester, MN | 80 | 8 | 0.9 | $25.8M | +2.0% | #18 of 364 |
| Grand Forks, ND-MN | 57 | 5 | 1.1 | $16.6M | +0.8% | #126 of 364 |
| 3St. Cloud, MN | 53 | 15 | 1.9 | $10.2M | +3.0% | #167 of 364 |
| La Crosse-Onalaska, WI-MN | 50 | 12 | 1.7 | $11.7M | +0.4% | #181 of 364 |
| 4Mankato, MN | 32 | 9 | 2.2 | $8.9M | +1.2% | #293 of 364 |
| 5Duluth, MN-WI | 29 | 26 | 2.2 | $8.9M | +0.2% | #307 of 364 |
Other business types in the Rochester metro area
Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.
Food and drink
Groceries and convenience
Auto
Beauty and personal care
Fitness and classes
Health care
Child care
Clothing and laundry
- Clothing, shoes and laundry68
- Clothing and shoe stores63
- Laundromats80
- Dry cleaners84
Home services
Real estate
Funeral services
Questions
How many laundromats are in the Rochester, MN metro area?
As of September 2026, map listings count 8 laundromats in the Rochester metro area. One of them (13%) is a chain location. The listings count laundromats. No official count is published for coin-operated laundries in the Rochester metro area: counts under 3 are left out.
How much do households in the Rochester, MN metro area spend on clothing, shoes and related services?
About $206.2M a year, or $2,221 per household. That is 8% above the U.S. average (an index of 108, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 8 laundromats on map listings, it comes to $25.8M per laundromat. That spending covers all clothing, shoes and related services, which laundromats share with other businesses in the trade. It is estimated from the incomes of the 92,880 households in the Rochester metro area and national spending patterns by income.
How does the Rochester, MN metro area compare with the U.S. for laundromats?
The Rochester metro area has 0.9 laundromats per 10,000 households, 44% below the U.S. rate of 1.6. Spending per laundromat is $25.8M, 2.1 times the U.S. figure of $12.5M. At the U.S. ratio of laundromats to household spending, the Rochester metro area would have about 17, against 8 on map listings.
How fast is the Rochester, MN metro area growing?
Population estimates put the Rochester metro area at 231,184 people in 2025, up 2.0% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 92,880 households. Median household income in the Rochester metro area is $91,882, 14% above the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 24.7%, before inflation.
What is the Groundwork market score?
The Groundwork market score runs from 0 to 100 and compares a market with others of its kind for one business type: states with states, metro areas with metro areas, small-town markets and counties with their own. It weighs household spending per competitor (35%), households per business with payroll (25%), population growth (20%) and spending power (20%), each ranked against those peers. A higher score means that, taken together, the market has more household spending and more households for each business already there, faster population growth and more spending per household than similar markets. It describes a market, not any one site or deal. The Rochester metro area scores 80 for laundromats (high), #18 of 364 scored metro areas.
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